Gosh I'm so dang proud of this kid! Sometimes he drives me nuts, but he always impresses me and reminds me to just let Ben be Ben. When it was time to start thinking about college Ben just kind of hummed and hawed about making a decision about where to apply and what he wanted to pursue in his future. I was wondering if he would buckle down and apply somewhere when out of the blue he announced he had applied to BYU Provo. He did all the leg work himself and had his Dad read over the essays that he had written. Apparently Taryn had applied, so he decided he would too. He didn't apply anywhere else because it just didn't occur to him that he wouldn't get in! To be fair this kid is crazy smart, talented, and has had an amazing high school career - so he had every right to be confident that he would get in.
Kallie had a girls night "gals-entines" last night and during it Taryn came upstairs to tell us the good news. That prompted Ben to check out his email to see if he got in. Low and behold he did! We video chatted with Maui clan, called Bebe, sent out messages to family and celebrated. We are going out to night to celebrate both the new college bound kids! I couldn't be more proud of both these amazing kids!
We took the kids out to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate then came home and had some yummy desserts with everyone. It was a crazy moment to look back and see my oldest getting ready to leave for college, and Christopher putting our youngest in his infant seat. What a crazy life this has turned out to be!
But seriously, how adorable are these kiddos?
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